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infauna
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in·fau·na  (nfôn)
n.
Aquatic animals that live in the substrate of a body of water, especially in a soft sea bottom.
[in- + fauna.]
infauna  (nfôn)
Benthic animals that live in the substrate of a body of water, especially in a soft sea bottom. Infauna usually construct tubes or burrows and are commonly found in deeper and subtidal waters. Clams, tubeworms, and burrowing crabs are infaunal animals. Compare epifauna.


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A number of papers are based on ichnofabric analysis, an approach to documenting the relative chronology and intensity of infaunal tiering that is enjoying a vogue among ichnologists, but papers that maintain the traditional ichnological emphasis on Seilaeherian ichnofacies are also represented.
The Application of Ichnology to Palaeoenvironmental and Stratigraphic ... by MacNaughton, Robert B. / Geoscience Canada
Photoinduced toxicity of PAHs and alkylated PAHs to a marine infaunal amphiod (Rhepoxynius abronius).
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-induced cytotoxicity in cultured rat ... by Kubinski, Dana / Environmental Health Perspectives
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